Cheap led light solution for on board camera (5usd)

I recorded some stuff but for some reason my computers Firewire card is not working... As soon as i feel like not being lazy i will use my laptop and capture the video.
 
I made a ring light out of this. I'm no expert on lighting but in my opinion it's not very good as a ring light. Needs to be bigger and brighter. I basically just cut out a hole in the middle and glued a step ring. I also swapped the three AA for a four AAA battery box just because I had that available and it seem to have little or no effects on the brightness.

I took some pics of the ring light compared to my cool vidled. Vidled was obviously the brighter one. Both have a 1/4 CTO gel and a diffuser. Pictures were taken with a 65W overhead. Also, my camera is Sony A1 with a go35 pro + 55mm f/1.2 lens and gain set to 0. The ring light was about 16 inches away from the cactus and the vidled was 24 inches.

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I just got mine...I might be shooting at a club soon so ill post it when I do.

Besides using it for a club or any event type shooting where there is little to no light I wouldn't use the "camping LED" for anything else. I would prefer to use my ghetto ring light for a ring light for music vids or narratives.
not the safest solution but almost as cheap and much better.
check it out here if you wish:
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=87860
 
Thats what I have going on. I just ordered mine last night, doing a bar-mitzvah this Saturday and those party halls are notoriously dark.

Hope it helps, I just have to get it mounted on my DIY PVC fig-rig.

J
 
TeamJoeDawn said:
OK.. got the two lights.. any suggestions on how to mount them onto my faux fig-rig?

J
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OK, I did an event.. the bad news.. very blue lighting. It is difficult to correct for this, especially when it is the sole light in the picture.

Other than that, very easy, batteries last long, pretty bright for the price and size.

Did someone suggest putting a film over them to take out the blue? Did I see that somewhere? Is it possible?

If so, what kind of film/filter, what shade and where is a cheap place to find it?

J
 
I actually mounted two of them to my faux-fig, using conduit hangers from home depot (like 50 cents each).. a small metal plate and hot glue from a hot glue gun (yeah, yeah, I know.. I was in a hurry, but they held).

Looked a little like two mickey-mouse ears, but it held.

J
 
if its the only light why not just white balance to it? if you do want to match it say tungsten lighting you'll need a color temperature orange gel or CTO. The only problem being not knowing the color temp of the light i dont know how you would know which CTO to use. They come in fractional values and can also be combined as well. Rosco's (gel mfr) website has lots of more info with real numbers and temps. Might want to just grab a few different ones and experiment.
 
Hi Everyone,

This is Mark Ditmanson of Flolight. I saw this thread and thought I should clear things up on the MicLight. The inspiration for the MicLight came from a camping light we saw on EBay. We bought one and thought what a great idea. The problem with it is that the LEDs are very low quality and have a color temperatue of 12000 Kelvin making video bluish and are not very bright.

With the right LEDs we thought it would be a terrific product. So we purchased the bare shells and had ultra bright 5600 Kelvin LEDs installed. High quality 5600 Kelvin color balanced LEDs aren't cheap and the hand soldering of 48 LEDs also adds to the MicLight's higher price.

The MicLight can also be corrected to tungsten with a CTO (color temperature orange) gel cut into a donut shape to fit over the light. It's also handy to use a diffusion material like opal or tuffspun to diffuse the light so that it is not too glaring for interviews. These techniques are used with all camera mounted lights. We will be offering a kit soon that includes the color correction and diffusion filters for those that can't find or don't want to cut the gels themselves.

In a nutshell the deal is this: if you are doing pro quality work and are concerned about accurate color quality and need a bright light buy the MicLight. If you are an amateur and just want a cheap light to bring up light levels a bit and a bluish cast doesn't bother you pick up a camping light.

We understand the confusion with the cheap LED camplights out there and wanted to clear this up - we hoped this helped. If anyone has any questions please give our office a call at (408)866-9100 or send me an email at mark@prompterpeople.com

Best Regards,
Mark Ditmanson
Flolight/Prompter People
 
Jeah, I bought it too..

If nothing else, it is good light to have in a car.. :Drogar-BigGrin(DBG)

but.. I am thinking of using accu part for DIY DOF adapter.. I wonder how long it would power pancake vibrating motor..

:beer:
 
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